TABLE 2.

Metabolic measurements from a randomized, controlled cross‐over study with sedentary obese older men (n = 17)

	Intervention period	Control period	Mean difference		p‐value
	BL	BL	Δ WK4	Δ FU	Time × treatment	Treatment
TCH (mmol/L)	5.77 ± 1.06	5.55 ± 1.21	0.01 ± 0.49	−0.15 ± 0.92	0.648	0.547
TAG (mmol/L)	1.35 ± 0.47	1.36 ± 0.52	0.19 ± 0.57	0.09 ± 0.57	0.411	0.497
HDL (mmol/L)	1.33 ± 0.19	1.30 ± 0.16	−0.07 ± 0.12*	0.01 ± 0.13	0.035	N/A
LDL (mmol/L)	3.82 ± 0.97	3.64 ± 1.07	−0.02 ± 0.58	−0.21 ± 0.73	0.430	0.366
CRP (mg/L) a	3.35 ± 5.03	2.22 ± 2.30	−1.40 ± 3.54	−1.88 ± 4.71	0.332	0.099

Note. Values are means ± SD. Time × treatment and treatment effect (linear mixed model): *p < 0.05.

Abbreviations: BL, baseline; CRP, C‐reactive protein; FU, follow‐up; HDL, high‐density lipoprotein; LDL, low‐density lipoprotein; TAG, triacylglycerol; TCH, total cholesterol; WK4, week 4.

^a Statistics were performed after log‐transformation due to non‐normal distribution.